Buckle and band hook



J. B. ROBINSON.

BUCKLE AND BAND HOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, 1920. I 1,41%,417.

Patented May 16, 1922.

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barren stars JAMES ROBINSON, 0F GHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

BUCKLE AND BAND HOOK.

Application filed July 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. RoBINsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckles and Band Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention belongs to that class of buckles and band hooks, which areused as part of the harness, to apply to the back band and to carry thetraces.

The object of my invention is to produce a buckle and band hook of thischaracter, which shall be cheap in manufacture, simple in constructionand highly eflicient in use.

It will not allow the trace or trace chain to injure the animal, willhold the trace in proper alignment, will prevent the trace from leavingits position and hold and lock it in position.

It is stamped from sheet metal and made smooth and rounded at its innerand outer edges, and is comfortable for the animal to wear, and itpossesses a marked degree of utility.

It is an improvement on my Patent No. 726,763, dated April 28, 1903.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1, is an isometric view of my device,

Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 3, is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The body of the device is made up of the wide part 1 and the contractedpart 2, made integral; in the part 1, I place the elongated slot 3 andin the part 2, I place the peculiar shaped slot 4.

The corners of the parts 1 and 2 are round ed as shown, and the cornersof slots 3 and 4 are also rounded.

At each end of the body part 1, near the edges, I stamp a raised housingor bearing 5, into which fit the ends 7, of the tongue 6. Thelongitudinal slot 3 is present to enable the folded band to extendthrough from the 7 rear; the band is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 andis marked 8. The tongue 6 1s arranged parallel to and in front of thesa1d Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1922.

1920. Serial no. 298,027.

slot 3 and extends through the fold of the band 8 and said tongue isarranged to move toward and from said slot, the rounded hollow bearings5, allowing the ends of the wire to play, when it is being moved forwardand backward; and on account of their shape and the marked degree ofplay allowed to the tongue 6, back bands of various thicknesses can beaccommodated and are held tight against the wall of the hollow bearing,

thus the band is held in an uniform, steady I and desirable position atall times.

- At the rear end of the slot 4, I place the hook 9, made materiallywide at the base and rounded out and ending in a symmetrically shapedend, extending forwardly and downwardly in the slot 4. The slot 4 isnarrowed toward its forward end as shown, and at its forward corners isprovided with. the upwardly flared wings, lips or extensions 10, saidwings meeting in a rounded arch as shown. These wings or lips 10, keepthe trace, which is hooked into and onto hook 9 from falling out orbecoming loosened from the hook, and assist in holding the trace inalignment and desirable position.

The tongue 6 is usually made of wire and the portion extending acrossthe slot 3 is crimped, so as to enlarge its bearings within the fold ofthe band, whereby said fold is expanded to greater thickness than thewidth of said slot to the end that the 8X- terior faces of the band maybe drawn against the metal at each side of said slot 3,, whereby theband is prevented from passing through the said slot; the formation Iemploy, to wit: the arched bearings 5, in which the ends of the tongue 6engage, gives the wire more play so as to cling close to the rear of theslot, which constitutes the holding qualities of the buckle; forming amore dependable and durable connection between the buckle and the band.In other words, the use of the tongue and the arched 4 being elongatedat 15, enables me to insert the link laterally and then turn it,preventing its unlocking to a certainty.

link of a trace, arched Wings at the opposite end of said siot and ateach side thereof, for retaining the trace link in alignment, 15 at] thecorners of said body part and the corners of the slots-and 0:52.11 theparts conrmcted therewith, having rounded ends and corners.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature 20 at Chattanooga, Tennessee,this 17th day of July, 1920.

JAMES B. ROBINSON.

